Few clubs know what it takes to win a league championship more than Liverpool.
Only one English side have gained more and, with Jurgen Klopp’s men locked into another epic Premier League title battle with Manchester City this season, hopes are high the tally with their Old Trafford neighbours could be levelled by the end of May at twenty apiece. A variety of different ingredients are necessary to ensure a gruelling nine-month campaign peaks at the right time and fresh legs providing an extra boost while legs and minds are tiring during the run-in can often prove crucial.
Since the advent of transfer windows in the 21st century, this nowadays tends to apply to the return of injured players but - back when clubs could trade freely throughout a season until the traditional ‘transfer deadline’ at the end of March - a new face providing a spark to help drag his flagging team-mates over the line was not an uncommon occurrence and there have been few finer examples than when Liverpool won the last of their ten titles in fifteen years as the club’s dominance of the 1970s and 80s drew to a close.
